He argued it was a false illusion to go back to the days of national sovereignty at the cost of shared EU power, creating what he described as “need a sovereignty stronger than our own” otherwise nationalist tendencies could “tear Europe apart”.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Macron's rise to power in France has "given new hope" to the European Union.

But Juncker, in a swipe to Macron, stressed that the world's biggest trading bloc isn't a club led by France and Germany. "Europe is an ensemble," even with Britain set to leave the EU next year, he said.

With Britain set to leave the EU club next next year there are fears that the direction of the bloc will be dominated by the revival of old Franco-German axis with the smaller EU members being left out in the cold.

TERROR HUNT

Almost shouting at times, Macron said: "(We) are outraged each time by images we've seen of children, women who died of a chlorine attack," he said, almost shouting. "Do we sit back? Do we defend rights by saying: rights are for us, principles are for us, and realities are for other? No! No!"

Some MEPs held placards that read "Stop the war in Syria" and "Hands off Syria".

He said the US, France and Britain intervened in a "legitimate, multilateral framework" and emphasised that the airstrikes specifically targeted three Syrian chemical weapon facilities "without any human life loss."

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